{"id":47977,"date":"2021-03-01T05:11:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T18:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=47977"},"modified":"2021-03-01T05:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T18:44:37","slug":"lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian LG Chem Solar Battery Recall Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall.jpg\" alt=\"LG Chem solar battery recall in Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LG Energy Solution Australia has issued a recall notice for various LG Chem RESU models and battery packs with cells from specific production lots.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In December last year, LG Energy Solution triggered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Recalls\/2020\/lg-energy-solution-michigan-recalls-home-energy-storage-batteries-due-to-fire-hazard\">voluntary recall in the USA<\/a> after receiving five reports of fires resulting in minor property damage. These incidents were associated with LG Chem RESU 10H residential energy storage systems with specific serial numbers sold from January 2017 through March 2019. The recall involved around 1,800 battery systems.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a recall notice was posted on the Product Safety Australia web site for the following models with cells manufactured between March 2017 and September 2018 from certain production lots.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RESU7H_Type R<\/li>\n<li>RESU10<\/li>\n<li>RESU10H Type-C<\/li>\n<li>RESU10H_Type R<\/li>\n<li>EM048063P3S4<\/li>\n<li>EM048126P3S7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last two are battery packs (3.262 kWh and 6.524 kWh respectively) that may be used in other storage systems, such as Redback Technologies&#8217; Smart Hybrid Battery Enclosure BE13200.<\/p>\n<p>479 units in Australia are affected by the recall; the serial numbers of which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.productsafety.gov.au\/system\/files\/Serial%20number%20list_5.xlsx\">can be found here<\/a> and instructions for locating those numbers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgessbattery.com\/au\/home-battery\/news-view.lg?blcSn=1235&amp;devonTargetRow=1&amp;devonOrderBy=&amp;searchType=all&amp;searchKey=\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.productsafety.gov.au\/system\/files\/recall\/Recall%20advertisement_1639.pdf\">recall notice<\/a> notes the defect as being &#8220;the batteries may overheat and catch on fire&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of affected systems who haven&#8217;t yet been contacted are urged to get in touch with LG Energy Solution Australia&#8217;s product department (1300 677 273 or email via productau@lgensol.com) immediately to arrange an inspection. If applicable, a replacement battery will be supplied at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>During the period prior to replacement, a remote software upgrade for affected internet-connected\u00a0 RESU10H Type-R and RESU7H Type-R units is being organised by LG Energy Solution Australia to lower the maximum state of charge to 90%.<\/p>\n<p>While this is an unfortunate turn of events, at least LG is taking this voluntary action rather than saying nothing, crossing its fingers and hoping none of its potentially affected LG Chem RESU batteries installed in Australia burst into flames. It&#8217;s not clear why there was a significant lag between the US recall and Australian recall.<\/p>\n<h2>Lithium-ion Battery Safety<\/h2>\n<p>Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous &#8211; used in everything from phones through to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/\">solar batteries<\/a> and electric vehicles. One of the major advantages of lithium-ion battery technology is its high energy density capabilities &#8211; which can also be one of its drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p>While generally very safe, when things go wrong it can happen pretty quickly and violently, leading to venting with flame along with toxic smoke and\/or explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The LG Chem RESU is a lithium-ion battery storage system that uses lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) cells. The Li-ion chemistry widely regarded as the safest is lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4). But just because a battery uses LiFePO4 cells, that doesn&#8217;t make it safe per se &#8211; it needs to be part of a well designed system. A good NMC based system would be safer than a shoddy LiFePO4 unit, so while battery chemistry can be a consideration when planning a home energy storage purchase, it shouldn&#8217;t be the sole focus.<\/p>\n<p>You can view a range of energy storage solutions currently available in Australia along with specifications including chemistry types and approximate pricing on SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">solar battery comparison table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, SQ&#8217;s Ronald recently published an article on the most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/battery-test-centre-reports\/\">Canberra Battery Test Centre reports<\/a>, which continues to indicate even reputable battery manufacturers still have difficulty producing reliable home batteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LG Energy Solution Australia has issued a recall notice for various LG Chem RESU models and battery packs with cells from specific production lots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":47978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian LG Chem Solar Battery Recall Announced - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LG Energy Solution Australia issues a recall notice for various LG Chem RESU models and battery packs with cells from specific production lots\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian LG Chem Solar Battery Recall Announced\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LG Energy Solution Australia issues a recall notice for various LG Chem RESU models and battery packs with cells from specific production lots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-28T18:41:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-28T18:44:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian LG Chem Solar Battery Recall Announced\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-28T18:41:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-28T18:44:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/\"},\"wordCount\":567,\"commentCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-resu-recall-mb1896\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lg-chem-battery-recall.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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Since then, the recall has spread to other manufacturers containing the affected LG batteries. This article\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battery Storage&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battery Storage","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/battery-storage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"lg battery recall continues","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lg-battery-safe.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lg-battery-safe.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lg-battery-safe.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lg-battery-safe.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/lg-battery-safe.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":96486,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-battery-recall-variation-mb3331\/","url_meta":{"origin":47977,"position":3},"title":"LG Home Battery Recall Continues \u2014 Yes, Still.\u00a0","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"At last published count, a substantial number of LG Energy Solution (LGES) solar batteries at risk of fire and subject to a recall that began in Australia nearly *5* years ago remain unrectified. 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After ongoing concerns that LG\u2019s recall advertising approach\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battery Storage&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battery Storage","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/battery-storage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"LG battery fires","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lg-battery-fire.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lg-battery-fire.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lg-battery-fire.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lg-battery-fire.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lg-battery-fire.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65539,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-battery-recall-mb2636\/","url_meta":{"origin":47977,"position":4},"title":"LG Home Battery Recall A Hot Mess?","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There are unsettling aspects to an ongoing recall of certain LG home batteries and battery packs also used by six other brands. Maybe LG will see this article and finally shed some light. The history of this saga to date, as I understand it: LG Energy Solution (previously LG Chem)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"LG solar battery recall in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lg-battery-recall.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lg-battery-recall.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lg-battery-recall.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lg-battery-recall.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lg-battery-recall.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":88631,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-battery-recall-2025-mb3085\/","url_meta":{"origin":47977,"position":5},"title":"LG Energy Solution Battery Recall: A Never-Ending Story?","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"January 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's now 4 years since LG Energy Solution (LGES) first triggered a recall for some of its solar batteries and battery packs. 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